Multipole chuck



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MULTIPOLE CHUCK Filed Nov. 15. 1953 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 United States Patent O MULTIPOLE 'CHUCK Axel Anderson and Eric Anderson, Rockford, Ill., asv signors, by mesne assignments, to Sundstrand Machine Tool Co., Rockford, Ill., a corporation of Illinois Application November 13, 1953, Serial No. 391,964

1 Claim. (Cl. 317-163) This invention relates to a multipole magnetic chuck and more particularly to a multipole magnetic chuck having a relatively large number of pole pieces on the face thereof and the method of making such a chuck.

The general object of this invention is to provide a new and improved magnetic chuck.

Another object of this invention is to provide a magnetic chuck having a face assembly formed of major pole pieces extending to the work-engaging face of the chuck and for the entire depth of the face assembly and minor pole pieces extending for only a portion of the depth of the face assembly.

Another object of the invention is to provide a magnetic chuck of the type described in the preceding paragraph wherein the major pole pieces have a reduced vcrosssectional area for a portion of their widths positioned at the top of the face assembly and have the plurality of minor pole pieces disposed therebetween and extending for only a portion of the depth of the face assembly and wherein the pole pieces have non-magnetic inserts disposed therebetween and bonded thereto for providing high reluctance gaps between the pole pieces.

Another object of the invention is to provide a method of assembling a magnetic chuck. l

Another object of the invention is to provide a method of assembling a magnetic chuck having alternate strips of magnetic and non-magnetic material which are assembled with strips of silver solder, in solid state, by heating the assembly, while under pressure, to liquify the solder and subsequently cooling the assembly to provide a magnetic chuck having a face assembly which is a unitary structure and does not require any bolts or clamping structure while in use.

The objects of the invention thus vgenerally set forth together with other and ancillary advantages are attained by the method described herein and by the construction and arrangement shown by way of illustration in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary plan view of one end of the magnetic chuck;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section vtaken substantially along the line 2-2 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of one edge portion of the chuck as shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary side view of the magnetic chuck;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary bottom plan view of the magnetic chuck;

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the brazing fixture, with parts thereof in section, for brazing the face assembly of the magnetic chuck;

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary front elevation of the brazing fixture with parts thereof in section; and

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary plan view ofthe brazing fixture with the cover removed.

While this invention is susceptible of embodiment in many different forms, there is shown in the drawings and Will herein be described in detail an illustrative embodiice ment of the invention with the understanding that the present disclosure is to be considered as an exemplcation of the principles of the invention and is not intended to limit the invention to the embodiment illustrated. The scope of the invention will be pointed out in the appended claims.

As illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5, the magnetic chuck comprises a generally rectangular base plate 1 which is secured to a face assembly, indicated generally at `2, by bolts 3. The base plate 1 may be attached to the table or other support of a machine which is to perform operations on the work piece.

The face assembly 2 comprises a plurality of elongated major pole pieces 4 and 5 of magnetic material between which a plurality of elongated minor pole pieces 6 of magnetic material are positioned. The major pole pieces 5 constitute end pole pieces for the chuck. The minor pole pieces 6 are spaced from the major pole pieces 4 and end pole pieces 5 by non-magnetic spacers 7 made of a non-magnetic material, such as brass, which provide high reluctance gaps for the magnetic circuits extending between pole pieces. f

The major pole pieces 4 and 5 are of a height sutiicient to extend from the base plate to the face of the chuck and for the entire depth of the face assembly and disposed between these pole pieces are a plurality of magnetic coils 10 which 'may be energized by a power line, not shown, which connects to a terminal assembly 11.

`The major pole pieces 4 and 5 have a portion 12 of their width which is of a cross-sectional area substantially less than that of the portion of the pole pieces which are disposed between the magnetic coils 10. This reduction in area provides stronger magnetic circuits between the pole pieces because of the increased flux density in the portions 12 of the pole pieces 4 and 5.

End plates 13 of magnetic material are secured to the ends of the chuck by attaching means, such as screws 14, and bolts 15 extend through the base plate 1 to secure the major pole pieces 4 to the base plate 1.

With this construction, the face of the chuck has magnetic circuits covering substantially its entire area and so long as a work piece is positioned over at least two of the minor pole pieces 6, a magnetic circuit will pass through the work piece to securely hold the work piece on the chuck.

The chuck is constructed to provide a unitary structure avoiding the use of bolts or clamping devices to hold the parts together and this is accomplished by the use of silver solder forv bonding the major pole pieces 4 and 5, the minor pole pieces 6, and the non-magnetic inserts 7 together. In the enlarged view as shown in Fig. 3, a fine layer 20 of solder is disposed between the nonmagnetic inserts 7 and the pole pieces 4, 5 and 6.

A brazing fixture, indicated generally at 30, as illustrated in Figs. 6, 7 and 8, is used to make the face assembly 2. This fixture has a heating chamber formed by the cover 31 pivoted at 31a, side walls 32 and 33 and a lining of lire brick 34 extending along the sides and across the bottom of the chamber. Transversely spaced plates 35 extend across the oor of the heating chamber to space the face assembly 2 away from the fire brick 34.

A row of stationary clamping members 40 extend along the front of the brazing fixture 30 and through the lire brick and form abutments against which one side of the chuck face assembly may be aligned. A row of adjustable clamping members 41 extend along the rear of the brazing fixture 30 and through the fire brick 34 and form another row of abutments which engage the other side of the face assembly 2.

Each of the adjustable clamping members 41 has associated therewith a lever 42 pivoted at 43 to the frame aia series o'frods-15s each of; whichhave a" threaded end` atv the front of the fixture upon which are secured handles 46 which, when turned, will cause shifting of the rods 45-v t'o adjust theYV positi'ohof. the adjustableV clamping membersL 41.

A bar 47 is; associated with each oi" theV pivotally mounted levers- 42` and;- has mounted thereon a weight 48 tofinsure'V that the adjustable clamping members 41' willc be projected into the heating chamber as far as is permitted bythe' position ofl tliev adjusting handles 562 Thek weight 481 acts to maintainA the' adjusting handle 461m position against the framework ofthe fixture; Inforder to-provid'e sutiici'ent'heatf intheV heating chamber,v al front pipe 5l] and a rear pipe-51 extendingalong the length of the fixture are provided with openings; 52' for. directing a" series; of-V jets of burning gas into= the chamber.

TheV iiirture 30T is provided' withI legs 53" which support tlc fixture-1 iny elevated position; A2 frame member 54- xtends' beneath* the nture 301 and! has a iluidf cylinder SSF'pivotally-'connected'thereto byl alpin 56. Thev piston rod. 57'T is pivotally connected by' a pin- 58' to-an arm- 59 whiclr is rigidlyattachedl to' thecover 31'. When uid pressure isexerted at the upper end of'. the cylinder' 55, the piston rod will be drawn Within the cylinder and causemovement'of'thef cylinder andearm 59 to the dotted line position in Fig; 6,v in*L which position the coverY 3i? is elevated;

TheI face assembly" isl built' up within they fixture in the* following manner: an endl pole piecev 5 is placed against' the clamping members 40; a strip-offsilverf solder which may be approximately .003' inch infv thickness and Which-eXtends-the'length offfthe base assembly isplaced against the end pole piece 5, a strip*4 of brass forming the non-magnetic insertfTl which may'bte-approximately .050 inchin thickness isplacedfagainst the solder strip; another stripJ ofi' silver' solder' is placed! against the non-magnetic insert 7 and then aY 'rninorpole` piece 6= isplacedfagainst the solder. This order islv followed until al majorl pole piece'4`fi`s used insteadof a minorv pole piecek 6 and then after the entirel widthl of thetace assembly isformed in the xture, the other" end pole piece 5 is placed in position; The work-engaging" face of the face assembly will liel adjacentk the bottom ofi thez heating chamber.

The adjustable clamping-:members 41' are then brought i'ntoj. position by movement' of the handles 46 to firmlysecure the face assembly'between the stationary clamping members 40 and the adjustable clamping members. 41. The coverc31is1thenltnveredby'operation of the cylinder .55"t'o enclose the; heating chamber and the chamber is tl'ien` heated.

The chamber during, au heating operation reaches a temperature*slightlyabove 13503137; Whichis the meltingv point ofithe silver' solder; As'this heating occurs and the solder becomes fuid, the areaioccupiedzby the solder is reduced; This isatil least' partly'due to running of the-solder. Because off this, itisnecessary for'the operatortol continuouslyfmovef thel rear. clamping vmembers 41 dles iti-toexert` a continuous-clamping pressure to insure that the components of the face assembly are held tightly against each other.

After the desired temperature is reached and the solder has melted, the heating chamber is permitted to cool to cause solidiication of theA solder with resultant bonding of the components of the face assembly. After the face assembly has cooled; thel cover 31 israised by the cylinder 55 to permit removal of the face assembly and the magnetic chuck isthencompleted by placingthe magnetic coils lltll thereinl and attaching thereto the basefplate and other parts described above.

A magnetic chuck having a generally rectangular base plate adapted to be secured to a support, and a face assembly coextensive with and secured to said base plate, said face assembly comprising, a plurality of elongated major pole pieces of magnetic material laterally spaced across the width of' thechuck and of' sui'cient height to' extendfromthe base plate to lthe Work engaging'fa'ce of the chuck, said"'major"pole pieces having their upper portions adjacent the work-engaging face ofthe chuck" of a reduced cross-sectional areay to increase the flux density; appluralityorV elongated minor pole pieces'4 of magnetic material positioned between said upper portions off the major'pole pieces, inserts of non-magnetic material providingf highreluctance gaps disposed betweeny minorpole pieces and the upper portions of the major polepieces, said pole pieces and inserts having their upper surfaces in flush alignment tov form a smooth work engaging' chuck face,.said minor pole pieces and inserts of nonsmagnetic material'being ofreduced height to dene with the lower portions ofl saidkv major pole-pieces coil receiving cavities between-the work' engaging face and the base plate, thin layersl ofbonding material disposedv respectively between the adjacent inserts and pole pieces; said layers being coeXtensive withl the opposed insert and the pole piece surfaces and bonded to both the inserts and the-pole pieces and forming thesole` means of securing the inserts and pole'y pieces together, and a plurality of magnetic coils passing around said major pole piecesI between said-base plate and work engaging face to-provide a plurality of magnetic circuits onthe face ofthe chuck for magneticallyy holding magnetic` material disposed thereon.

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